Review of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

In 1989 you knew Rick Moranis was going to be in one of the top movies of the summer, but most would probably have said that it was going to be Ghostbusters 2. Well they were wrong it was this rather bad adventure movie for the kids. That isn't entirely fair for me to say, it just did not work for me, but other kids may like it. I was also 14 or 15 when I saw it so I just did not enjoy this family film. First of all it came with a really bad Roger Rabbit short. This was when they were still trying to make him into something, but that ended thankfully. After that we are treated to a rather unfunny comedy adventure about an inventor who develops the most useless of inventions...the shrink ray. Well I guess it does have some uses. Well suffice to say Rick Moranis is the only person in the movie that got off a few lines I chuckled too, but other than that this movie is a pretty standard shrink movie. Reminded me of the old TV show "Land of the Giants" I think it was called. The kids end up outside thanks to some house cleaning and there is where some stupid things occur such as befriending of an ant and the deadly scorpion...an insect that isn't all that common in the back yard of most homes unless this movie took place in Arizona or somewhere else west. There is also a bee ride and this makes up all the insects in the entire yard. Just not very realistic and I am pretty sure you can't befriend an ant. Like I said, I really did not care for this one, but it might be good for younger children so don't totally dismiss it.